Re: Catholic/Anglican

On 11/19/03 8:19 AM, in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Bruce
McGuffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M J Carley) writes:
> 
>> In the referenced article, Flame of the West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> writes:
>>> smw wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I always thought it might be cool to be excommunicated -- official rebel
>>>> credentials! people would pay to have it set up, no?
>>> 
>>> It's pretty easy to incur automatic excommunication.
>>> I think actively assisting someone in procuring an
>>> abortion is enough to do it.
>> 
>> At various times in the past, grounds for excommunication have
>> included membership of the IRA and voting in an Italian election.
> 
> 1) Anyone participating in Italian politics is already in hell. The
> excommunication just made it official.
> 
> 2) An episcopalian friend of mine complained a while back that she was
> the only member of her church (other than the priest) who wasn't an
> excommunicated catholic. I think she felt left out.

There's a ginormous and fascinating screed on Excommunication at:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05678a.htm

however, you'll only truly savor it if you've got Latin
under your belt.